Genius Director North Quits Over Row With Nagel
Washington May 3. Dr North director of the census tendered his resignation accepted today. Dana Durand deputy commissioner of corporations nominated to succeed him. North contends census should be independent while Nagel argues for subordination under the department of commerce and labor.
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Washington, D. C
Dr. North
Dana Unigad
Corpor
North
Senate
Census Office
Department of Commerce and Labor
Nagel
Fire damages plant at Chicago stockyards blaze
Chicago May 26 A general alarm was sent in from the Schwarzechild Sulsberger packing plant at the stockyards as a massive fire broke out in the lard factors section. About five hundred men were at work when the flames started, and every available engine responded to fight the blaze.
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Chicago
Schwarzeechild & Sulsberger
Pliot Ie
Kirle
Modjeska Body Leaves Calvary for Chicago En Route to Cracow
The body of Madame Helena Modjeska was taken from Calvary cemetery vault and began a long journey to Cracow Poland. Count Charles Wozenta Chl amowsk i accompanied the widower as H Hale arrived from Hale yesterday.
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Mme
Helena Modjeska
Calvary Cemetery
Chicago
Cracow
Poland
Count Charles Wozenta Chlamowsk
Rio Grande Lumber Manager Leaves Seaburg Visit
CL Jacobson, manager of the Rio Grande Lumber Co. of Salt Lake City, who has been staying at the McXamar home at Seaburg, departed on yesterday's noon train toward the north.
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CL. Jacobson
Rio Grande Lumber Co
Salt Lake City
McXamar
Seaburg
North
Hill pressured as Great Northern lines shift in Northwest
Portland report notes James J. Hill loses control of the Northern Pacific as Wall Street-backed Harriman forces a Northwest truce. The deal grants Hill Great Northern terminals in Portland while Harriman erases Puget Sound access, signaling an impending broader showdown in the railroad power struggle.
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Portland
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Great Northern Roads
Pacific Northwest
Evening Telegram
James J. Hill
Wall Street
Hill-Harriman
Northwest
Hill
Harriman
Puget Sound
Great Northern
North Bank
Union Depot
Interstate Commerce Commission
Portland Gateway
Tacoma
Seattle
Famous Woman Enters On Her Ninetieth Year
Boston letters report Mrs. Julia Ward Howe celebrated her ninety fifth birthday quietly at Beacon Street home. Family attended, other visitors limited, while flowers and congratulatory notes poured in from across the world for the renowned writer and reformer. Her noted husband fought in Greece, and the couple supported Italian liberty.
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Boston
Mass
Julia Ward Howe
Beacon Street
Mirs
Maude Howe Ellott
Florence Howe Hall
Laura E. Richards
Marion Howe
Columbia
America
Four Drowned When Launch Was Dashed on Rocks
In Grand Rapids Michigan last night a gasoline launch capsized after passing sluice gates at the Consolidated Water company dam. Four people drowned and four were rescued. the victims named were Miss Reesie Anderson Miss B Bogger Miss May Forse and Ralph Anderson. Household goods arrived yesterday for Mrs Eberth from the north.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Consolidated Water Company
Reesie Anderson
B. Bogger
May Forse
Ralph Anderson
Earthquake Shocks Felt Across Midwestern States
A slight earthquake shock lasting a few seconds was felt in Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Iowa and adjacent territory at 5 41 this morning. The only damage reported is minor though several small fires were started by overturned stoves and many chimneys were razed. In Chicago the quake was generally felt but attributed to the past.
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Chicago
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Contiguous Territory
Illinois Congressman Elected to Succeed Senator Hopkins
An Illinois congressman was chosen to fill the United States Senate seat after a lengthy legislative contest. The selection follows weeks of negotiation and alignment among key party figures, culminating in a vote that installed the new senator.
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Batiste
Illinois
United States
Hopkins
Townsfolk learn of tremor via papers after uneasy passage
The excerpt notes that prior to newspaper reports people only felt a late shaking while streetcars and blasting stirred the ground, and that it was not until print appeared that locals realized they had witnessed a natural phenomenon.
Violent Tempest Devastates Basque Fishing Fleet
Bilboa Spain May 26 A violent tempest rages off the Bilboa coast. More than sixty fishing vessels foundered and at least one hundred fishermen are feared drowned as the storm swept the offshore fleet.
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Bilboa
Spain
Lorimer Elected Illinois Senator on 95th Ballot
Springfield May 26 Congresssman William Lorimer was elected United States senator on the ninety fifth ballot today with 1063 votes.
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Springfield
William Lorimer
United States
Concrete and Brick Buildings to Rise After Fire
In the district burned yesterday merchants plan new brick or concrete warehouses, including S. H. Friendly and Geo. McMorran, with the First National Bank proceeding on a two story brick building. Bennett brothers weigh brick options as insurance adjusters estimate losses. telephone wiring is restored to half capacity by noon.
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Bennett Brothers
Bangs Livery Co
First National Bank
S. H. Friendly
Geo. McMorran
McMoran
T. G. Hendricks
Yoran
John Stewart
Schwarzschild
Broders Bros
A. W. Kuskendall
J. W. Barringer
Heaton
Christian Science Church
Judkins’ Point
W. L. Copperwell
The
Maurer Jewelry Co
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Nagle
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Gheh
Foe H. Hale
Hale
VU TV
Eugene Springfield
Cottage Grove
Hart. Schaffner & Marx
Hampton
Ros
Mart Schafer
Mars
Jim Hill
C. Eberth
Middle States
Lorimer
Bonnett Brothers
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